Australian Venom Research Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Toxicon. 2011 Feb;57(2):244-7. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.11.017. Epub 2010 Dec 13.
An attractive technique to extract scorpion venom is the use of a physiologically stimulating electrical signal across the muscles of the venom gland, resulting in the expression of venom from the aculeus. A Grass™ stimulator is typically used for this purpose, but is difficult to use in the field. The present communication describes a circuit which is battery-powered and simply constructed. Also described is the technique for its construction and housing. The circuit was successfully tested on two species of scorpion. The method for calculating the required values of passive circuit components is given to allow the adaptation and refinement of this circuit for producing different signals, as may be required for use in other species.
从毒腺中提取蝎子毒液的一种有吸引力的方法是在肌肉上施加生理刺激电信号，从而从毒刺中表达毒液。为此通常使用 Grass™刺激器，但在野外使用起来很困难。本通讯描述了一种电池供电且结构简单的电路。还介绍了其构造和外壳的技术。该电路已成功在两种蝎子上进行了测试。给出了计算无源电路元件所需值的方法，以便适应和改进该电路，以产生可能需要用于其他物种的不同信号。
